Pub brawl: 6 cricketers get BCCI showcause notice

Cracking the whip on the cricketers involved in a pub brawl in St Lucia during the recently concluded Twenty-20 World Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday slapped a show cause notice for violation of code of conduct on six players.

The action came just a day after BCCI chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty said that the board would act against the erring players.

These players included stalwarts Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra. The other three who got the BCCI notice were Ravinder Jadeja, Piyush Chawla and Rohit Sharma.

These players have been asked to file their reply within a week. They face charges of having entered into an altercation with fans after they were allegedly taunted for their dismal performance in the World T20 championships.

The Indian team failed to win a single match in the Super 8 stage of the tournament and failed to make it to the semi-finals. The brawl occurred hours after the team crashed out of the tournament at a pub near the team hotel in St Lucia.

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